Pastor Maldonado recorded the fastest time on the penultimate testing day of the current 4-day session at Barcelona. The session was dominated by 4 red flags and was eventually cut short 3 minutes earlier than planned because Felipe Massa came to a halt in the pitlane.

The question is in regards to the Barcelona test with the "rumour" of a new floor and apparently the F2012 has the design with the new side crash structure which include a flow vent going under the floor outside the pod and larger wing (internals contain two crush rods for apparent "driver safety".

As I understand ,HRT failed nose and Rollhoop tests and is not allowed to simply redo these tests .anyone out there to know how the proceedure is when submitted components fail crash tests ?New enquiry with simulation /calculation proof of performance? or is there a limit on attempts for these tests?

marcush. wrote:As I understand ,HRT failed nose and Rollhoop tests and is not allowed to simply redo these tests .anyone out there to know how the proceedure is when submitted components fail crash tests ?New enquiry with simulation /calculation proof of performance? or is there a limit on attempts for these tests?

There is no limit on the umber of tests - but all tests must be completed on the same chassis. Therefore, even if you pass, for example, a SIS push test, but fail the roll hoop, any repairs you make to the chassis will require the team to do all tests again.

I believe this is done to ensure the monocoques are sufficient to withstand cumulative damage, including impact tests.

Mercedes completed a private test of its new W03 at Barcelona today, ahead of the next full-field test at the track, which starts on Tuesday.

Because Mercedes only used three of the four days of the opening test at Jerez, it was able to complete 200 kilometres of private running today. Michael Schumacher drove in the morning, before Nico Rosberg took over for the afternoon...

I wonder what they will do during testing maybe make a makeshift box on rollers so other teams cannot peak at their car, I really hope this year is going to be a nail biter without Sebastiens mono line "Yes Yes thats what i'm talking about" haha xD

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.